Release Notes/3.0MP17

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Openbravo 3.0 MP17 available

Release date: November 15th, 2012

Module version: 3.0.18521

Check out what's new, fixed issues and frequently asked questions about the latest release of Openbravo. As always, you are encouraged to tell us what you think, by raising an issue in issues.openbravo.com or by discussing it in the Open discussion forum.

What's New

Advanced filter for DropDown list references: DropDown lists can be filtered by selecting multiple of the available values. When multiple values are selected all records matching any of them are shown in the grid. Sponsored by Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas

Grouping and totals in grid: Records in grid can be grouped by a certain value/column. Sponsored by Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas

Summary functions in grid: The grid allows you to set summary functions for a column. These summary values are shown in a separate row in the bottom of the grid. The summary functions are executed on the server so they operate on the complete dataset which fits into the current filter. Sponsored by Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas

Improve output format of the Trial Balance report: Trial Balance Report need to be revisited to improve output format. Current formats are not optimized which leads into a problem when printing large amounts of data. As well some of the current filters will be hidden in a collapsible section to make them easier to use for the end user.

Improve output format of the Journal Entries report: General Ledger Journal Report (renamed to Journal Entries Report) need to be revisited to improve output format. Current formats are not optimized which leads into a problem when printing large amounts of data. As well some of the current filters will be hidden in a collapsible section to make them easier to use for the end user.

The account selector revised to Openbravo 3: Existing valid combination selector is complex. The name of the account is not present once a valid combination is fulfilled and that kills the user experience. In this project a new selector for valid combination will be provided so that it maps accounts. When creating an account, system will also create the related valid combination, so the full concept of valid combination and its complexity will be hidden to the end user.

Accrual and deferrals plans for products: Include an Accruals & Deferrals plan in the Product window so that Invoices use it to modify invoice accounting to book revenue / expense in different periods

Rename Accounting Schema as General Ledger: Accounting Schema term is not self explanatory. It should be renamed to General Ledger. Multi-accounting schema is an advanced feature that as well should be at first hidden. An additional property will be added to organization which will allow Accounting schema tab of that window to be hidden by default

Prepayments against Invoices: Accounting of payments: When a payment is done against an invoice but in a date prior to invoice accounting date it should book things as a prepayment

Optimization. Improve Matching algorithm to set up rules for GL Items transactions recognition: Current Advance Matching algorithm does not support GL Items Transaction recognition. When most of the imported bank statement lines are matched against GL Item transactions, current logic provided by this module is not helpful enough. By adding some parsing rules for the description of a bank statement after being imported, the algorithm could provide much more value doing automatic creation of transactions in the financial account.

Price including taxes. Phase 2: Price including taxes feature lets you define prices including taxes in a price list. This is a critical functionality, especially in the retail industry, where prices ( include taxes) needs to be published. Contributed by Promantia

Advanced Pricing - Discounts and Promotions: Ability to define Discounts and Promotions. This functionality extends existent Price Adjustments by enabling external modules to provide new rules for discounts and promotions. Sponsored by Cleardrop

Management of Quotations: Quotation should be a separate document with a separate document type and numbering. When converted to a Sales Order it should persist in the system (the quotation should not be over written). Sponsored by Halsteds Brothers

Fixed issues

21697: Filtering columns behaviour is not consistent for dates and prices.

21810: The times are incorrectly exported when exporting the grid to csv.

Known issues

It has been reported that in some cases the rebuild process requires more RAM memory. It is recommended to run the virtual appliances with at least 1.5GB of RAM.

16452: On Windows Openbravo won't start if the installation path contains a space

Extensions

There is a vast array of modules that extend the functionality of Openbravo 3. These include Extensions, Connectors, Localizations, Vertical and Horizontal Solutions, and Tools.

During this release following modules were created / updated:

Advanced Pricing -Discounts and Promotions Rules: This module implements some rules for discounts and promotions, such as "buy X products and pay Y", "fixed percentage discount", etc. It is included in the Retail distribution. Sponsored by Cleardrop

Please discover the full range of modular extensions in the Openbravo Forge (use the filter option to filter by Module Name), with an easy-to-browse catalog of commercial modules available in Openbravo Exchange.

Installation & Updates

All the maintenance packs are published in the QA Approved maturity status and they are promoted to Confirmed Stable status in 40 days. It is possible to check the maturity status of this maintenance pack in this page.